To read about how to Dive on the HMAS PERTH
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http://www.hmasperth.com.au/
The Decommissioned Perth was scuttled in the pristine waters of King George Sound
On 24th November 2001 at 8.00AM the former HMAS Perth II was finally laid to rest, to create the first Artificial Dive Reef in the King George Sound of Albany. The former Perth is the newest edition to the establishment of a dive trail around the coast of Australia. The Albany community welcomed this wonderful new tourist attraction to Albany with open arms and encourage all to come and swim, snorkel and dive the wreck. Already the ship is becoming a new home for many species of fish and marine life.
The sinking of the former Perth follows the highly successful scuttling in 1998 of the former Swan which has attracted over 20,000 divers to Dunsborough in the State's South West. Combining the former Perth and Swan dive sites with the world's largest dive wreck, Sanko Harvest in Esperance, creates a perfect Southwest dive triangle.
The former Perth is a 133-metre long guided missile destroyer with a distinguished service record. She came under fire on four occasions during the Vietnam war and remnants of shellfire will be visible to divers on the planned interpretive dive trail.
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| GENERAL INFORMATION 
Most common DIVING questions answered... - Person must be in boat while moored at all times;
- No reservations can be made for recreational moorings - these moorings are used on a first in basis;
- Permits must be available for inspection at any time;
- Recreation divers CANNOT use commercial moorings;
- Commercial operators CANNOT use recreation moorings;
- Maximum time on each recreational mooring is 2 hours;
- No more than 1 boat is to be attached to any mooring at any one time;
- Divers can only dive if their boat is connected to a mooring site;
- Boats CANNOT drop anchor; and
- No fishing is permitted within a 250m radius of the former HMAS Perth.
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More Divers on the Perth....
A 360 degree virtual reality tour of the ship was created, just 24 hours before it was sunk. The tour allows you to look around various parts of the ship and see it as it was the day before it was sunk. It also gives you an idea of what you can expect to see on it when you dive the wreck. To view the tour simply click on the button below.
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| The following Video Clips are available in Mpeg format and are contained in zip files for download convenience. |
